To Comrade Litkens
Copies to M. N. Pokrovsky and
Lunacharsky
27 III 1921

In supplement to yesterday's conversation.

N[adezhda] K[onstantinovna] is firmly defending Shapiro, and I agree with her, relying on her three years of close acquaintance with Shapiro in the work. Moreover, I consider it crucially important that she points to the dissatisfaction that Comrade Shapiro shows with demands.

I do not object to your participation in Glavpolitprosvet, since N[adezhda] K[onstantinovna] does not object to it. She is in favor of it.

My view: do not tear yourself away from organizational-administrative work — only strictly and soon (in 2–3 months): we will demand results for business acumen, accountability, inspection of the work of 400,000 teachers, their organization, their transition to new lines. We will demand this from you and you alone. All attention to this.

[com. pr.] Lenin

13019
To Lunacharsky,
Pokrovsky
Litkens*.

8 IV 1921

Signs are multiplying that in the matter of systematicity and methodicalness of work, affairs in the Narkompros are not improving, contrary to